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<\/a><\/p>\nThe public event in early May will be for the armchair sports fans who tuned in for the dulcet tones and quick wit that made Cometti a household name and footballers famous.<\/p>\n
Cometti died in early March at the age of 76.<\/p>\n
The “Western Australian legend” was lauded by WA Premier Roger Cook as one of the most respected voices in Australian sporting history.<\/p>\n
“It is a privilege to hold a State Memorial Service in his honour and give Western Australians the opportunity to say goodbye,” Premier Cook said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Born in Geraldton in 1949, Cometti’s career spanned five decades.<\/p>\n
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Before becoming the voice of AFL, he played for and coached West Perth in the WAFL.<\/p>\n
His broadcasting legacy includes calling the West Coast Eagles’ first premiership in 1992, several Olympic Games, and iconic Test cricket matches.<\/p>\n
Cometti joined Seven in 1986 and spent the better part of the next three decades at the network, also serving stints at Nine, 3AW and Triple M.<\/p>\n
Along with long-time commentary partner Bruce McAvaney, he called some of the AFL’s most memorable moments.<\/p>\n
Cometti’s contributions were widely recognised during his life, and his “Cometti-isms” such as ‘Centimetre Perfect’ have become part of football lore.<\/p>\n
Beyond AFL, he was the voice of Kieren Perkins’ 1500m gold and Susie O’Neill’s triumphs at the Atlanta 1996 Games.<\/p>\n
Cometti was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 and inducted into both the Australian and Western Australian Football Halls of Fame.<\/p>\n
In 2018, the Optus Stadium Media Centre was named in his honour, the stadium where he called his last call for the 2021 Grand Final.<\/p>\n
Members of the public wishing to attend the May 4 farewell are asked to register via a state government website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans will gather to honour the life of legendary sports broadcaster Dennis Cometti with a state memorial service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-586632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}